Black lilyturf 'Nigrescens'

Black lilyturf 'Nigrescens'
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pet safety

Not known yet. Check before letting pets near.

Through the year

In flower: Jun, Jul

Key care steps

  1. Grow in full sun to partial shade.
  2. Use fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil and avoid waterlogging.
  3. Protect according to its H5 — down to −15°C hardiness rating.

Near-black, grass-like evergreen leaves forming slow-spreading clumps, with small pale lilac flowers in summer followed by black berries. Not a true grass: never cut down, just remove tatty leaves in spring.

Sun: Full sun to partial shade.

Soil: Fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained.

Hardiness: H5 — down to −15°C.

Flowering: Jun, Jul.